A man has been sentenced for sexually assaulting a woman in Weybridge and the racial harassment of a second woman.

Robert Burnett-Wood, of High Street, Wootton, North Lincolnshire, was sentenced at Staines Magistrates' Court last Wednesday (February 4) for the "confrontation" that happened in Church Street in the town on September 6 last year.

Paul Lund, prosecuting, said: “During the time she is backed up against the wall she is assaulted by Mr Burnett-Wood, not with blows as such but with an aggressive kiss which appears to be wholly unwelcome.

“At the same time he seems to grab her at the crotch area in the groin without her consent.”

Several passers-by confronted Burnett-Wood who swore at one man in a hostile manner, while a chef at a nearby restaurant tried to intervene but was "greeted with aggression".

Mr Lund said: “The long and the short of it is, she was told to ‘f**k off’ and when she said to him he was drunk and shouldn’t be behaving like that, he said at least once ‘f**k you, you Muslim c**t’.”

At the earlier court hearing, James Buchanan, defending, said Burnett-Wood had suffered a nervous breakdown in the previous six months following an acrimonious divorce and his suspension from his job as a senior executive in the oil and gas industry.

The defendant pleaded guilty to racially aggravated harassment, sexual assault and public order offence for swearing in the street.

For the racially aggravated harassment, Burnett-Wood received a £1,000 fine, a surcharge of £60 and was ordered to pay £300 costs.

For the sexual assault, he was given a community order for one year with supervision and unpaid work of 260 hours, while he must also register with the police as a sex offender.